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Tuesday, July 29th

Today's Daily Verse is found in Proverbs 16.33

"People cast lots to learn God's will, but God himself determines the answer."

Casting lots.

Seems like a strange way of doing business, but is it?

Let's consider what casting of lots was used for...

Officers were chosen...

1 Chronicles 24:5

"All
tasks were assigned to the various groups by means of sacred lots so
that no preference would be shown, for there were many qualified
officials serving God in the sanctuary from among the descendants of
both Eleazar and Ithamar."

Work was determined...

Luke 1.9

" As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense."

Dwellings fixed...

Nehemiah 11.1

"The leaders of the people were living in
Jerusalem, the holy city. A tenth of the people from the other towns of
Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while
the rest stayed where they were."

Discoveries made...

1 Samuel 14.41

"Then Saul prayed, “O Lord, God of Israel, please show us who is guilty and who is innocent.” Then they cast sacred lots, and Jonathan and Saul were chosen as the guilty ones, and the people were declared innocent.

Contentions caused to cease...

Proverbs 18.18

"If two powerful people are opposing each other in court, casting lots can settle the issue."

Canaan was divided in accord to Jacob's prophecies...

Numbers 26.55

" But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.

Joshua 18.8

"As the men started on
their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them, “Go and explore
the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will
assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots here in the
presence of the Lord at Shiloh."

Offender brought to justice...

Achan's sin

Joshua 7.16

"Early the next morning Joshua brought the tribes of Israel before the Lord, and the tribe of Judah was singled out."